#HAMMERFILMS ANNOUNCES RETELLING OF #JEKYLLANDHYDE PRODUCTION #EDDIEIZZARD AND #SCOTTCHAMBERS CAST!

YOU MAY REMEMBER #Amicusfilms production of the Jekyll and Hyde story with both #PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee back in 1971, as 'I, Monster' and of course the very entertaining angle of #Hammerfilm 'Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde' with #RalphBates and #MartineBestwick ... ? Well, just after a few weeks after Hammer films announcing another 'rebranding and launching' they are in also in production of another angle of the #JekyllandHyde story, which had my interest as soon as I saw the headline in Variety yesterday...

 

PACKED PHOTO GALLERY ON #BEHINDTHESCENES OF THE MAKING OF

#AMICUSFILMS 'I,MONSTER' WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE AND PETER CUSHING PARTS ONE  AND TWO  HERE!  

 

THE NEWLY RE-ESTABLISHED Hammer Studios has acquired U.K. rights for B Good Picture Company’s “Doctor Jekyll.” In Nov. 2021, the U.K.’s Network Distributing sealed a deal with iconic British horror label Hammer Films to form Hammer Studios Ltd. “Doctor Jekyll,” directed by Joe Stephenson and currently shooting in the U.K., will be the first film to be released by the newly formed studio. 

 

IN THIS FILM, a modern interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s iconic 1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Eddie Izzard plays Dr. Nina Jekyll, a recluse who finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by emerging actor Scott Chambers (“Chicken”) and they must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life. The screenplay is by first time writer Dan Kelly-Mulhern. Hammer Studios managing director, Tim Beddows, said: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Joe and his superlative cast and crew on ‘Doctor Jekyll.’ There can be few subjects more apt to launch Hammer Studios and the production has everything you’d expect of a modern Hammer film.” 

 

 

STEPHENSON added: “It’s an honor to partner this way with the new Hammer Studios, in doing so Doctor Jekyll becomes both part of a legendary legacy and the start of an exciting future for U.K. genre film making.”

 

ABOVE: HAMMER FILMS NEWS BREAKS! THE PCASuk report on the partnership with #NETWORKFILMS at the PCASuk Facebook Fan Page HERE!

 

THE FILM IS produced in association with Fluidity Films (“Journey’s End”). Stephenson produces with Guy de Beaujeu (“The Laureate”) with Liam Coutts (“The Good Drug”) associate producing. Christian Angermayer (“Army of Thieves”) serves as executive producer. Metro International Entertainment is handling global sales. Hammer Studios manages and controls a vast library of content including “The Woman in Black” (2012), “Let Me In” (2010), “Dracula” (1958), “The Abominable Snowman” (1957) and “The Quatermass Experiment” (1953). It is investing substantially both in restoration and new production development from both its owned and newly created IP.

 

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#LISTENUP! THATTUNE? #NAMETHATFILM!

 

POSTED TODAY AT FACEBOOK PCASuk FAN PAGE😏  #THATTUNE #ListenUp! Talented Russell Thompson, beautifully plays you a piece of incidental music from a #PeterCushing film... How many of you can NAME the film?? Many thanks to Russell!- Marcus

 

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TALENTED BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL STAR : #VERONICACARLSON

FOLLOWING the very sad news of actress Veronica Carlson passing yesterday, meeting your requests, here are three stills of Veronica in happier times with her close friends #PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee and a few capturing what a talented bright star and beautiful woman, she really was... 

 

 

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REMEMBERING ACTOR DIRECTOR ROBIN PHILLIPS BORN TODAY 1940

 

JOHN PHILLIPS was an actor and director, who was born on February 28th 1940 in Haslemere, Surrey, UK to Ellen Anne ( Barfoot) and James William Phillips. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic, where a contemporary was actor #PatrickStewart, and worked as an actor and director for many years in the UK, finishing as artistic director at the Greenwich Theatre from 1973 to 1975.As an actor, his very last screen role was as James Elliot in  "Poetic Justice" with #PeterCushing in Amicus films, 'Tales from the Crypt' directed by Freddie Francis. BUT impressive as all that is, he actually was FAR more than that. So much so, I have taken the liberty and rare opportunity in sharing a very short clever and quite beautiful presentation on Robin Phillips and his thought provoking, moving speech, on theatre, film and art. What he says in his final moments, might keep some of you awake tonight??? 

 

SADLY, we lost Robin Phillips who quietly passed in his sleep on 25th July 2015, after a prolonged illness. He was survived by a younger sister, Hilary, and by his partner, Joe Mandel, whom he first met in 1962, who became his partner in 1971

 

IN 1975, four years after his role with Peter Cushing in 'Tales from the Crypt', Robin was hired as artistic director at the Stratford Festival in Canada in 1975, where he spent six seasons directing many productions and cultivating new talent. Maggie Smith, Richard Monette, Martha Henry and Brian Bedford, among others, were prominently featured during his tenure, and many of his Shakespearean, classical, and contemporary productions won widespread acclaim.

 

IN A REVIEW of Phillips' 1977 Stratford production of Richard III with Bedford in the title role, The Globe and Mail theatre critic John Fraser wrote: "The production Phillips has mounted is stunning, crackling with nuances and details that are spellbinding, while radiating an over-all economy of dramatic management that demands an intense involvement from any audience".

 

VETERAN Stratford actor and director William Hutt compared Phillips to earlier artistic directors by saying: "With Guthrie, the heartbeat of a production was loud, obvious, robust and healthy. With Langham, rhythmic, predictable and safe. With Gascon it ran fast; you suspected high blood pressure. With Phillips the heartbeat is thunderingly silent: it’s the audience’s hearts you hear beating”.

 

PHILIPS' energy seemed boundless during his time at the Stratford helm. He directed 36 productions in six seasons (his predecessor Jean Gascon directed 17 productions in seven seasons), and the company, audience, and overall scale of the organization grew considerably. But the workload took its toll: exhaustion was cited as the primary reason for his departure when he resigned during the 1980 season. He would later become artistic director at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario and return to Stratford to direct the Young Company in 1987–88. He was also director general at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton from 1990 to 1995.

 

PHILLIPS directed a musical version of Jekyll & Hyde (1997) on Broadway (winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for his contribution to the scenic design); Long Day's Journey into Night in London's West End in 2000; and a stage version of Larry's Party at Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre in 2001.

 

PHILLPS was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005. The citation read, in part, "Robin Phillips is revered amongst members of Canada's acting community. ... A tremendous asset to the cultural life of Canada, he is also credited with bringing new life to the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton and to theatres across the country." In 2010, Phillips received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.

ROBIN PHILLIPS, is still missed by his family, friends and in the industry, but his influence lives on. Remembering Robin Phillips Actor Director who was born today February 28th 1940. 

  

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VERONICA CARLSON 1944 - 2022 : ACTRESS AND ARTIST DIED TODAY

NEWS just posted at the Facebook PCASuk Fan Page: Shocked and extremely sad on hear jut a few minutes ago, that actress Veronica Carlson passed away this afternoon... our thoughts and condolences to her children and family. I know many here will be extremely sad too. Please share your condolences and messages below . . . - Marcus

 

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TWO QUOTES FROM #CHRISTOPHERLEE : THE PRESS AND DRACULA PLUS #SHERLOCK AND #MYCROFT

POSTED TODAY on the Facebook PCASuk Fan Page! #ChristopherLee Saturday! Christopher Lee Dracula and the Press. #Oversensitive? #Justified? #ThatsShowBiz? #HeHadTheLastLaugh! - Marcus  

 

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HAPPY VALENTINE LOVE ARTHUR!

A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! I hope you all having a close and loving day today 😏 Everybody SAY LOVE! I guess the banner is a cinematic VALENTINE SURPRISE .... like no other! It's revenge delivered on #ValentinesDay, with #PeterCushing as Arthur Grimsdyke in #amicusfilms 'Tales from the Crypt' (1972) . . below I have posted a screen capture from Peter's 'Poetic Justice' tale from 'Tales from the Crypt' that includes a framed photograph of Grimsdyke's wife, Helen. Despite what many presume, this isn't actually a photograph of Peter Cushing's wife, Helen who sadly passed away on 14 January 1971. . . the film was released on 28th September 1972... This is a stock photograph of another actress. But, Helen did appear in a framed photograph, as Peter's character's wife in Tyburn films, 'The Ghoul' in 1975

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